Uruguay's government News

Montevideo -
José Mujica, president of Uruguay, has been described as the world’s poorest and most generous political leader; he donates about 90% of his salary to charities, lives in a modest house at his wife’s flower farm, and drives a 1987 VW Beetle.

Drug dealers selling marijuana in Uruguay may soon have some new competition: the government. Uruguay's government said Wednesday it hopes to sell marijuana to citizens, making it the first country in the world to do so.